A pocket clip for holding various articles on a person's clothing has a spring-loaded strip- or cloth-retaining cam assembly at the upper end and a strap holder at the lower end. The strap holder is pinched closed by a draw latch or snap. The lower end of the clip may include a spacer so dimensioned as to provide space for the latch or snap between the clothing and the cam assembly.
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1. A clip for hanging articles from a garment worn by a user, comprising:
a front, a rear, an upper end, and a lower end;
the upper end comprises means for releasably holding the upper edge of a garment; and
the lower end comprises a draw latch assembly for releasably holding an article between a clamp panel and a back plate.
5. A clip for hanging articles from a garment worn by a user, comprising:
a front, a rear, an upper end, and a lower end;
the upper end comprising a means for releasably holding the upper edge of a garment;
the means comprising:
an inverted u-shaped housing being shaped to accommodate said upper edge of a garment;
the rear of the housing being placed between the upper edge and the user's body and comprising a grip plate;
the front of the housing comprising a hole therethrough;
a horizontal axle being placed across the hole;
a cam assembly rotating on the horizontal axle;
the cam assembly having a cam part and a lever;
the lever rotating the cam part away from the grip plate when pressed by a user;
a biasing means rotating the cam part about the horizontal axle towards the grip plate when the lever is not pressed by the user; and
the lower end comprising a draw latch assembly for releasably holding an article between a clamp panel and a back plate;
the draw latch assembly having a rearward depth.
2. The clip of
said means includes an inverted u-shaped housing with a pair of parallel vertical flanges in front and a grip plate in the rear;
said inverted u-shaped housing is shaped to accommodate said upper edge of a garment;
the vertical flanges support a horizontal axle therebetween;
a cam assembly rotates on the horizontal axle;
the cam assembly has a cam part and a lever;
the lever rotates the cam part away from the grip plate when pressed by a user;
said upper edge of a garment fits in-between the cam part and the grip plate; and
a biasing means rotates the cam part about the horizontal axle towards the grip plate when the lever is not pressed by the user.
3. The clip of
said back plate has an upper back plate edge, a lower back plate edge, a right back plate edge, a left back plate edge, a front back plate surface, and a rear back plate surface;
said clamp panel has a right panel edge, a left panel edge and a rear panel surface;
the left panel edge of the clamp panel is flexibly attached to the left back plate edge of the back plate;
the clamp panel has a loop keeper affixed to its right panel edge;
the draw latch assembly has a rearward depth and is affixed to the rear back plate surface;
the draw latch assembly comprises a draw latch and a draw latch loop;
the draw latch rotates relative to said back plate on a vertical axle; and
the rear panel surface is pushed against the front back plate surface when the draw latch loop engages the loop keeper, so that said article can be held between said clamp panel and said back plate.
4. The clip of
a spacer depending from said lower back plate edge; and
extending rearwardly from said back plate greater than the rearward depth of said draw latch assembly.
6. The clip of
said lower end comprises a back plate and a lower back plate edge; and
a spacer depending from the lower back plate edge;
the spacer extending rearwardly from the back plate a distance greater than the rearward depth of said draw latch assembly.
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This nonprovisional U.S. application for patent claims priority of provisional application No. 62/643,307 filed Mar. 15, 2018.
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This invention is in the fields of supports, tools, and apparel. More specifically it is in the field of clips for securing items to clothing or belts.
There are many clips that allow items to be suspended from belts, such as holsters which have a strap fastened around a belt and a sleeve suspended from the strap into which a firearm or a tool may be inserted. There are also clips that slip over the upper edge of a pocket, with a cavity below for holding items, such as pocket protectors for pens.
One problem with existing belt and pocket clips is that an upward force on the clip, or the object attached to, or suspended from, the clip, may cause the clip and whatever is attached to it to dislodge from the belt or clothing. An object of the instant invention is to provide a clip that will securely hold itself to a belt or the edge of a pocket, as well as more securely hold an object suspended from the clip. Another problem with some clips is that they are as wide as some horizontal pocket openings and are therefore too wide for vertical pocket openings. It is therefore desirable to have a pocket clip that can clip to a narrow pocket or the bottom end of a vertical pocket, and serve to hold an article that would otherwise be too wide to hang from the same pocket.
The present invention is a pocket clip with a narrow spring-loaded strip- or cloth-retaining cam assembly at the upper end and a strap holder at the lower end pinched closed by a draw latch or snap. The lower end of the clip may include a spacer so dimensioned as to provide space for the latch or snap between the clothing and the cam assembly.
These and other benefits will become more clearly illustrated in the following detailed description and drawings.
Referring now to the drawings, in which like reference characters refer to like elements among all of the drawings,
This figure also better shows detail of the lower end 6, including the back plate 20. The back plate 20 has a draw latch assembly 22 attached to the rear of it (to the right in this view). The draw latch loop 8 engages the loop keeper 9, pulling the clamp panel 7 towards the back plate 20 by means of a draw latch 13. The draw latch 13 rotates about a vertical axle 14 as is commonly known in the art of latches. An optional spacer 15 is provided to hold the lower end 6 away from the clothing item 11 to provide space for the draw latch assembly 22. The upper end 1 of the invention is fixed to the lower end 6 by a horizontal web 19. The U-shaped housing 2 of the upper end 1, the flanges 3, the web 19, the back plate 20 of the lower end, the clamp panel 7 and the optional spacer 15 may be molded or forged from a single piece of material.
The instant invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to the foregoing embodiments, which are merely illustrative of the best modes for carrying out the invention. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that various alternatives to the embodiments of the invention described herein may be employed in practicing the invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. This description of the invention should be understood to include all novel and non-obvious combinations of elements described herein, and claims may be presented in a later application to any novel and non-obvious combination of these elements. Moreover, the foregoing embodiments are illustrative, and no single feature or element is essential to all possible combinations that may be claimed a later application.
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